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UEA — Graduate entry medicine
Figures are on the current UCAT scale of 2700 unless a cell says otherwise.
UEA (Norwich) - Medicine
MBBS Medicine Graduate Entry (A101)
How this university scores applications, with the figures it publishes.
High level summary
Simple summary. Excruciating detail below.
| Question | Answer |
|---|
| Is there a score to clear? | No. Applicants are put in order by UCAT score and the university works down the list until the interview places run out. The line moves with the field each year. Any contextual adjustment is below. |
| How to read the UCAT figures here | Neither a lowest score nor an average is published, so there is nothing here to measure against. |
| What else counts | Degree subject and class are a requirement in their own right. Details below.
GCSEs are a gate. Meeting the minimum is what counts; beating it earns nothing.
The personal statement is not used to shortlist.
The SJT band does not affect shortlisting. |
Summary of the selection model
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Scoring approach | Test route depends on degree subject - GAMSAT for any degree, UCAT only for biomedical graduates. Unusually, the UCAT SJT is folded into the interview score rather than used as a cut-off. Personal statement must be course-relevant but is not scored |
| Admissions test - how it is used | Which test you may sit depends on your degree: GAMSAT for any subject, UCAT only for recent biomedical graduates. For both routes UEA ranks applicants and shortlisting is 100 per cent on the test score, confirmed under FOI_26-182, response of 21 September 2026, with Appendix A. The test score is used again alongside the interview score when offers are made. |
| GAMSAT requirement | Overall score ranks applicants for interview, then combined with the interview score for offer decisions |
| UCAT threshold | No threshold. UEA confirmed under FOI_26-182, response of 21 September 2026, with Appendix A that A101 applicants are RANKED and that shortlisting is 100 per cent UCAT, with no scoring matrix and no GCSE points scheme. The UCAT is only open to applicants holding a recent biomedical related degree; everyone else sits the GAMSAT. |
| Interview format | MMI |
| Data status | Complete for both cycles on volumes, means, quartiles and SJT band counts. No standard or contextual split is held, no lowest score is published, and the GAMSAT distribution was not supplied. Note that A104 at UEA is Medicine with a Gateway Year, a separate course. |
Source
https://www.medschools.ac.uk/courses/uea-medicine-a101/ ; https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/undergraduate/mbbs-medicine-graduate-entry (read 17 September 2026)
Entry requirements
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Country | England |
| Course (UCAS code) | MBBS Medicine Graduate Entry (A101) |
| Degree requirement | 2:1 in any subject if taking the GAMSAT, or a 2:1 in a biomedical related degree if taking the UCAT. Awarded within five years of the course start |
| GCSE | Minimum five subjects at grade 5 including English Language, Maths and a science (Triple, Double or Additional Science accepted) |
| A level | Not scored |
| Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers | Not applicable - not scored on this route |
| English language | GCSE English Language grade 5 |
| Resits accepted? | Not applicable - entry assessed on the degree, not A levels |
Further detail
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Admissions test accepted | GAMSAT, or UCAT for biomedical graduates |
How the UCAT is turned into a score
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Is a UCAT points conversion published? | No points conversion has been published. What the University does say about the UCAT is in the row below. |
| How the UCAT is used, in the University’s own words | Which test you may sit depends on your degree. GAMSAT overall score ranks for interview and then feeds the offer decision. For UCAT applicants the overall score ranks for interview and the SJT is folded into the interview score. Scoring methodology is changing for 2026/27 entry Test route depends on degree subject - GAMSAT for any degree, UCAT only for biomedical graduates. Unusually, the UCAT SJT is folded into the interview score rather than used as a cut-off. Personal statement must be course-relevant but is not scored |
Entry requirements and places, as shown on the comparison table
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Figures cover | 2026 entry, A101, home applicants, from FOI_26-182, response of 21 September 2026, with Appendix A. 465 applications, 201 interviews, 70 offers and 31 accepted. 2025 entry: 326 applications, 197 interviews, 49 offers, 32 accepted. Applications rose 43 per cent between the two cycles while interviews barely moved. There are no international places and no international applicants. |
| Places | 30 |
| Places - provider total | 222 (Office for Students maximum fundable limit, anticipated home students, 2025-26 entry cohort. This is the provider total across A100 and A101 and is not split between them) |
| SJT - how the band is used | Not used at shortlisting, which is 100 per cent UCAT. 2026 entry at interview: band 1 74, band 2 62, band 3 19, band 4 0. At offer: 54, 20, 6, 0. 2025 entry at interview: 51, 56, 40, 0. At offer: 18, 13, 7, 0. No band 4 applicant has been interviewed on this course in either cycle. |
A101: what UEA confirmed under FOI_26-182, 21 September 2026
| Selection method | Ranked, not thresholded. There is no cut-off score. |
| Shortlisting weighting | 100 per cent UCAT. No other component carries any weight. |
| UCAT scoring matrix | None. Not applicable, stated in terms. |
| GCSE points scheme | None. Not applicable, stated in terms. |
| Contextual adjustment | None. |
| Places, A101 | 30 home and 0 international. |
| International applicants | None at all. Zero applications in both cycles. |
A101 volumes by cycle, home applicants
| Cycle | Applications | Interviewed | Offers | Offers accepted |
|---|
| 2026 entry | 465 | 201 | 70 | 31 |
| 2025 entry | 326 | 197 | 49 | 32 |
A101 UCAT, home applicants
| Cycle and stage | Mean | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile |
|---|
| 2026 entry, at interview | 1995 | 1900 | 1970 | 2060 |
| 2026 entry, at offer | 2084 | 2005 | 2060 | 2180 |
| 2025 entry, at interview | 2561 (about 1900) | 2440 (about 1810) | 2520 (about 1860) | 2660 (about 1970) |
| 2025 entry, at offer | 2696 (about 1990) | 2590 (about 1920) | 2670 (about 1970) | 2753 (about 2040) |
A101 SJT bands, counts
| Cycle and stage | Band 1 | Band 2 | Band 3 | Band 4 |
|---|
| 2026 entry, at interview | 74 | 62 | 19 | 0 |
| 2026 entry, at offer | 54 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 entry, at interview | 51 | 56 | 40 | 0 |
| 2025 entry, at offer | 18 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
What this means for an applicant
| Which test you may sit is decided by your degree | GAMSAT for any subject. The UCAT only if you hold a recent biomedical related degree. Sitting the wrong one rules you out. |
| Competition rose sharply in one year | Applications went from 326 to 465, up 43 per cent, while interviews barely moved from 197 to 201. Offers rose from 49 to 70 against 30 places. |
| The UCAT is the whole of the shortlist | 100 per cent UCAT, ranked. Nothing else counts until interview. |
| No band 4 applicant has ever been interviewed here | Not because of a rule. UEA does not use the SJT at shortlisting; it simply has not happened in either cycle. |
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